-ñü
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"
Ye'kwana edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps cognate to a possessive suffix -nü found in other Cariban languages.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ñü
- Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a very small handful of nouns.
References edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-ñü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 114